. (BTW, 7.5.5 is a free download from Apple,
> don't pay money for it.)

>>I already tried downloading the 19 disks, no go juice.
>
> So, some questions. When you formatted the drive, did you do it as HFS?

>>I don't know. Is that a setting in Drive Setup?

> Next question. Is your OS 8 Install CD a retail version?

>> I don't know. I bought a G3 OS 8.1 by mistake on ebay, didn't realize the 
>> difference. On
it, it had a copy of 8.0, which I was able to install on my 7600/120 which I will 
retire
if I can get this speedy beastie to go. So maybe it is to do with the IDE harddrive? No
driver? Sorry if I am fixated on drivers, but I spent a long time taking pee cees 
apart.
By the way, the Drive setup on the install disk is 1.5, and it calls it an ATA drive?
>
> If your CD is a retail version, and you formatted the disk as HFS, then
> we're going to need more info to help. For instance, what error message do
> you get when you try to install?

>>It starts to install, for about thirty seconds, then I get the following:  An error 
>>occured
while trying to complete the installation. Installation was canceled, leaving your disk
untouched. I will say, you apple folks are really polite.

>>Peace and b wild. (Prince) -xcasper-



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